cruisehopeful
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- Oct 25, 2015
Since I keep reading such great info in other threads about California trips, I decided this may be a good place to get some ideas. My adult daughter and I will spend one week in Pacific Grove in a timeshare. We cannot add any extra days. We want to do lots of hiking/nature stuff. We've never been to the area and will be driving up from southern California.
Yosemite is crazy with the waterfalls right now. I thought about driving over for a night during my week, but there is nowhere available to stay at this late date (visiting in June). Since we've never been to Pacific Grove, Monterey, Santa Cruz or Big Sur, I am thinking we could easily eat up our week just checking out all those places. I've been to Winchester Mystery House several times, but I don't think my daughter has. I may take her there if there are other nice things to do that day coming or going. I do understand we will have a lot of car time.
There is a restaurant I was going to visit in Big Sur, but it is closed now because they aren't getting enough business due to the bridge. I looked up another place and it is also close due to the bridge. Should we just forget Big Sur?
Any other must sees? Aquarium isn't that important to us since we both live in cities with aquariums, but we may go there - it just isn't high on our list. We are very interested in 17 mile drive, any beach or redwood hikes and anything unique to the area such as sea otters (which we never see down here).
Yosemite is crazy with the waterfalls right now. I thought about driving over for a night during my week, but there is nowhere available to stay at this late date (visiting in June). Since we've never been to Pacific Grove, Monterey, Santa Cruz or Big Sur, I am thinking we could easily eat up our week just checking out all those places. I've been to Winchester Mystery House several times, but I don't think my daughter has. I may take her there if there are other nice things to do that day coming or going. I do understand we will have a lot of car time.
There is a restaurant I was going to visit in Big Sur, but it is closed now because they aren't getting enough business due to the bridge. I looked up another place and it is also close due to the bridge. Should we just forget Big Sur?
Any other must sees? Aquarium isn't that important to us since we both live in cities with aquariums, but we may go there - it just isn't high on our list. We are very interested in 17 mile drive, any beach or redwood hikes and anything unique to the area such as sea otters (which we never see down here).